The Stockings Were Hung

Since we've moved here, I've been trying to get my creative juices flowing more than ever. Mostly because I have WAY more time for it than I ever have before. But, I've also found that the more things you make, the more ideas you get and then there are ever MORE things you want to make. (At least that's how it works for me) Anyway, I've been working on these little babies for a while. I got them most of the way done, and then other things kept stealing my attention. Finally, they're complete and oh so lovely. I have to say, for not really knowing what I was doing they turned out better than I expected.

Also, in case you didn't notice we don't have a fire place. So they hang on our entertainment center.
The green one is Mason's, mine is the red angel (she's even prettier in real life because I sewed a swirly design in gold metallic thread on her dress) and the blue one is Mike's. That's a stethoscope on Santa in case you couldn't tell what it was.

These last ones are hanging on my kitchen cupboards. We're not going to put up a Christmas tree this year because Mason is destructive enough as it is with out lots of shiny, twinkling things within his grasp. So in an effort to still have decorations and have our home still feel Christmas-ey I made these. They started out as just the trees. I saw one similar at Target that I almost bought, then I decided I'd try and make them first. The trees turned out pretty close to what I wanted them too, but with only one layer of felt for the tree it was too flimsy to hang with out flopping forward. So I cut out a couple more stockings and sewed the trees onto them.

Here's to the holidays being merry and bright. We've got lots of exciting plans including LOTS of family time coming up, and we're sooooo excited!